Good Night World (Japanese:グッド・ナイト・ワールド,Hepburn:Guddo Naito Wārudo) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byUru Okabe [ja]. It was serialized inShogakukan'sUra Sunday [ja] website andMangaOne [ja] service from December 2015 to January 2017, with its chapters collected into fivetankōbon volumes.
Adysfunctional family of four (consisting of shut-in gaming addict Taichiro Arima, his overachieving younger brother Asuma, their estranged and disregarded father Kojiro, and their disorganized and neglectful mother Miyabi) all cope with their real-world struggles by playingPlanet, avirtual realityMMORPG that involves socializing with other players, forming teams, clashing with other guilds, having adventures, and fighting monsters all under the same end goal of being the first to overpower a final boss monster called the "Black Bird of Happiness". In doing so, the Arimas unknowingly form a simulatedhappy family unit in a team they call "The Akabane Family" with each other, a far more stable simulated family than their real-world counterparts for as long as they follow their one "family rule": no prying information on each other's offline lives. However, the borderline between online and reality begins to merge as the game eventually becomes part of the real world, the Arimas learn about each other's true identities could make or break their family bond in both realities as well as determine the fate and survival of themselves and others.
Written and illustrated byUru Okabe [ja],Good Night World was serialized inShogakukan'sUra Sunday [ja] website andMangaOne [ja] service from December 28, 2015, to January 8, 2017. Fivetankōbon volumes were published from April 2016 to March 2017.[2][3]
A prequel series, titledGood Night World End (グッドナイト・ワールドエンド), was serialized on theMangaOne service from August 1, 2023,[1] to May 21, 2024.[4] The prequel's chapters have been collected into threetankōbon volumes published from October 2023 to August 2024.[5][6]
Anoriginal net animation adaptation was announced on July 31, 2023.[11] It is produced byNAZ and directed by Katsuya Kikuchi, with scripts written byMichiko Yokote, character designs handled by Rena Okuyama, and music composed byTakatsugu Wakabayashi [ja]. The series premiered onNetflix on October 12, 2023. The opening theme song is "Black Crack" byVTuberKuzuha ofNijisanji, while the ending theme song is "Salvia" by Nornis, a vocal unit composed of Nijisanji members Machita Chima and Inui Toko.[1][12]
